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ASALH Our Authors Study Club Hosts Annual Roundtable Discussion “African Americans and Labor”
 Join Mayor Karen Bass; Dr. Lura Daniels-Ball, President, Our Authors Study Club, Inc.; Los Angeles City Council President, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilmember, Eighth District; Bob Blumenfield, Councilmember, Third District, Curren D. Price, Jr., Councilmember, Ninth District; Heather Hutt, Councilmember, Tenth District; the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA); Yvonne Wheeler, President Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, General Chair, Our Authors Study Club 2025 African American Heritage Month; and, the Our Authors Study Club 2025 African American Heritage Month Committee.
Moderated by popular co-anchor of ABC7 Eyewitness News, Marc Brown, join local scholars and labor leaders who will discuss and expand on the 2025 national Black History theme for African American Heritage Month, African Americans and Labor. Panelists include: Host, Dr. Daniel Tabor, president, Move/LA/2025 BHM Committee; Sydney Berrard, Local 105 Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART); Lori Condinus, president of National Action Network, L.A. chapter; Gerald Durant, Stentorians, the LA Black Firefighters organization; Georgia Flowers-Lee, UTLA NEA vp; Patsy Howard, SEIU, Local 66 (ret.); Dr. Maulana Karenga, Chair, Africana Studies, Cal State–Long Beach; Robert Turner, Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters,(ret.); and Rev. Donald Wilson, founder, Black Hospitality Workers Union, For the IN-Person Public: RSVP to oascla.org/rsvp |